But the UI? No good. Freescale basically took a Linux build and shoved a couple apps—browser, doc viewer, gallery, media player—on top. They didn't optimize the interface for a tablet, which is evidenced by the fact that you kind of have to use a stylus to navigate. It's not like an iPhone or an Android where you can use your finger to swipe around a webpage, you actually have to use the scrollbars like on a normal computer.

This is the main problem with the device. It's not customized in any meaningful way to make it a good finger-only experience. Just substituting a capacitive touchscreen for the resistive won't solve the problem; you'll have to completely redesign the OS in order to make the interface easy to use without having to pull out a stylus. A prime example is the onscreen keyboard: the keys are small and unresponsive, you need to manually activate and dismiss it to use. Even the JooJoo managed to get a gesture-based OS on their tablet.

There's nothing wrong with the performance of the device: you can run 720p video decently smooth, and web pages render at an acceptable rate. But until Freescale, or one of its OEMs, puts a better OS on there, it's basically a keyboardless computer. And the tablets of the early 2000s proved that those don't work.